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Jeff Smith vs Liz Kendall

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Liz Kendall voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,146 shared comparable votes.

1,140 same votes 6 different votes 1,146 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
95 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 150 shared votes
95 Aye 55 No
29 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
29 Aye 75 No
40 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 102 shared votes
40 Aye 62 No
33 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 49 shared votes
33 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 23 No
Benefits 100% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 15 No
Trade 97% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
77 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 107 shared votes
80 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 13 No
Energy 97% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
95 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 150 shared votes
95 Aye 55 No
29 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
29 Aye 75 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 650
Participation
64.2%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 650
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,543
2,405 eligible divisions
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
878
56.9% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
665
43.1% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

54
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 650
Appearances
35
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 650
70
-84.8 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Contributions
483
+328.2 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Humble address to annul Amendments Relating to the Provision of Integrated Care Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 248) 20 Mar 2019
No rebel
No
EU - Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) 12 Sept 2018
Trade
Aye rebel
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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